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later on, there will be a vote on whether to confirm senator hagel. the vote now is whether to bring this debate to an end. i hope we will so we can get on to the nomination vote. i yield the floor. i think it's noon and time for a vote. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. the senator from oklahoma has 30 seconds remaining. the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: let me say that we -- everything has been said, not everyone has said it. however, i would like to make sure that everyone understands that the actual statements that were made by the former senator hagel in terms of the relationship of our country with israel and iran prior to the time that he was nominated, because many of those statements were changed at that time. i encourage the no vote on cloture. the presiding officer: the time is expired. under the previous order, the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bri
later on, there will be a vote on whether to confirm senator hagel. the vote now is whether to bring this debate to an end. i hope we will so we can get on to the nomination vote. i yield the floor. i think it's noon and time for a vote. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. the senator from oklahoma has 30 seconds remaining. the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: let me say that we -- everything has been said, not everyone has said it. however, i would like to make sure that...
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hagel's only g.o.p. support came from former colleagues, cochran of mississippi and shelby of alabama as well as senator ofs of nebraska and kentucky. confirmed was mr. lew. president obama's former chief of staff will succeed tim geithner. the vote was 19-5. here's a look at our schedule starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, the day from the senate floor on chuck hagel's nomination. remarks from attorney general holder in reducing gun violence and gun control laws. and the senate finance committee holds a hearing on the automatic budget cuts. coming up next, a house homeland security subcommittee hearing on maritime border security. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning everyone and the committee on homeland security, our subcommittee on borders and maritime security will come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to examine our nation's border security. we have an all-star panel of witnesses here this morning. michael fisher who is the chief of the united states border patrol, kevin
hagel's only g.o.p. support came from former colleagues, cochran of mississippi and shelby of alabama as well as senator ofs of nebraska and kentucky. confirmed was mr. lew. president obama's former chief of staff will succeed tim geithner. the vote was 19-5. here's a look at our schedule starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, the day from the senate floor on chuck hagel's nomination. remarks from attorney general holder in reducing gun violence and gun control laws. and the senate finance...
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. >> the senate will consider chuck hagel for defense secretary today. the question is whether republicans will allow an immediate vote on confirmation or demand that the senate use the maximum 30 hours of debate before an upper bound vote. the former nebraska senator faced harsh criticism from house republicans who question his stance on issues surrounding israel and iran. also happening today, a confirmation vote by the senate finance committee for jack lew. he is set to replace timothy geithner as a key economic adviser to president obama. >> kathy rainier has ordered a nightclub closed after a fatal shooting outside the business. this man was shot and killed saturday outside the 1920 d.c. nightclub. a dispute inside the club lead to the shooting. the suspect is in custody. >> 5:await is your time. at 35 degrees outside. >> still ahead, marking one year since the shooting death of a trade on martin. at tyco integrated security, we consider ourselves business optimizers. how? by building custom security solutions that integrate video access control, fi
. >> the senate will consider chuck hagel for defense secretary today. the question is whether republicans will allow an immediate vote on confirmation or demand that the senate use the maximum 30 hours of debate before an upper bound vote. the former nebraska senator faced harsh criticism from house republicans who question his stance on issues surrounding israel and iran. also happening today, a confirmation vote by the senate finance committee for jack lew. he is set to replace timothy...
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chuck hagel has been confirmed. he will be the next defense secretary of the united states. a few minutes ago, the senate backed the president's nominee in a vote, 58-41, with four republicans joining democrats. and the vote ended a contentious fight over the president's second choice for his second term national security team. >>> today, the u.s. supreme court hears awrmtsds -- arguments from maryland officials who want approval for police to take dna samples from people arrested for a crime. 28 states in the federal government already collect dna from people arrested for various crimes. privacy advocates and others say, though, it is unconstitutional. the justices will make a final decision in the case later this year. >>> the maryland senate debates new gun regulations. and the arguments are already getting heated. political reporter pat warren explains, the governor's firearms safety act is raising constitutional questions. >> the sandy hook school massacre in newtown, connecticut, has maryland looking at licensing and fingerprinting people who want to own guns. >> peopl
chuck hagel has been confirmed. he will be the next defense secretary of the united states. a few minutes ago, the senate backed the president's nominee in a vote, 58-41, with four republicans joining democrats. and the vote ended a contentious fight over the president's second choice for his second term national security team. >>> today, the u.s. supreme court hears awrmtsds -- arguments from maryland officials who want approval for police to take dna samples from people arrested for...
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a vote may happen for chuck hagel on defense secretary. federal employees only, dividing the lines geographically. here are the numbers -- we want to hear from federal employees only in and outside of washington d.c., your take on sequester. also send us a tweet, twitter.com @cspanwj. this morning, here is the "new york post with the breakdown of what this administration is warning on sequester and the impact on federal employees. scare tactics, being $85 billion in sequester cuts would be bought by consumers, home buyers, and even some taxpayers filing paper returns. -- there is a breakdown of the federal employees that are impacted inside of washington and outside across the country. we want to hear from them only this morning to get their take on sequestration. let's go to sandra in georgia, what do you do? caller: good morning. i work for the department of defense. this is huge for me. specifically i work in the office of soldiers council. we represent soldiers that the army is looking to put out of the military. this is a monumental f
a vote may happen for chuck hagel on defense secretary. federal employees only, dividing the lines geographically. here are the numbers -- we want to hear from federal employees only in and outside of washington d.c., your take on sequester. also send us a tweet, twitter.com @cspanwj. this morning, here is the "new york post with the breakdown of what this administration is warning on sequester and the impact on federal employees. scare tactics, being $85 billion in sequester cuts would be...
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senate is scheduled to vote on proceeding with the confirmation of chuck hagel as secretary of defense. after stalling the nomination for 12 days, late last night, senate republicans said they would end their delaying tactics. now, if he's confirmed he would take the place of outgoing secretary of defense, leon panetta, just days before massive across-the--board cuts are due to hit the pentagon. the president is pushing lawmakers on capitol hill to reach a deal before those automatic budget cuts begin on friday. >>> as ktvu's kyla campbell reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, the president says republicans need to compromise. kyla? >> reporter: president obama warns that if lawmakers do not come up with a plan before friday, the country will have to dial with 8 $85 billion in cuts. house republicans passed legislation twice in recent months to make what they call common sense cuts. senate democrats ignored that and came up with a plan that includes raising taxes but republicans re-- refused to do that. they let taxes go up in january. mitch mcconnell just spoke on the senate flo
senate is scheduled to vote on proceeding with the confirmation of chuck hagel as secretary of defense. after stalling the nomination for 12 days, late last night, senate republicans said they would end their delaying tactics. now, if he's confirmed he would take the place of outgoing secretary of defense, leon panetta, just days before massive across-the--board cuts are due to hit the pentagon. the president is pushing lawmakers on capitol hill to reach a deal before those automatic budget...
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the senate has been today debating the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be defense secretary. a short time ago they voted 71-27 to move forward on the nomination. 60 votes are needed the --. confirmation vote is set at 4:30 eastern today. you can see that on c-span2. also the senate finance committee voted 19-5 approving the nomination of jack lew to be the next treasury secretary. that nomination now goes to the full senate for consideration. can you see that committee hearing and vote in the c-span video library. here's a portion of testimony this morning with senator chuck grassley of iowa who voted against the nomination. >> finally, mr. lew, first i'm concerned about the attitude that this administration and supporters who criticize the senate usually anonymously for exercising basic due diligence regarding this nominee, they don't like anyone questioning them and they don't like answering questions. despite their tactics, we must continue to perform the advice and consent. what we have seen so far is that mr. lew is very good at getting paid by taxpayers, received a tax
the senate has been today debating the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be defense secretary. a short time ago they voted 71-27 to move forward on the nomination. 60 votes are needed the --. confirmation vote is set at 4:30 eastern today. you can see that on c-span2. also the senate finance committee voted 19-5 approving the nomination of jack lew to be the next treasury secretary. that nomination now goes to the full senate for consideration. can you see that committee hearing and...